to prevent someone from doing something that they want to do but that you think is harmful

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religion

[intransitive and transitive]RRCin the Christian church, to free someone from the power of evil and bring them into the Christian religion:

Jesus came to save sinners.

WORD FOCUS: computer WORD FOCUS: computer people who work with computers:user, programmer, web designer, IT person, software engineer, (systems) analyst, administrator, webmaster, helpdesk, techieinformal, geekdisapproving informalsomeone who tries to break into a computer system:hacker, crackerthings you do with your computer:start up/power upyour computeropena file or documententerinformationclick onan iconcut and pastepieces of textcopyfiles or programsscroll up and down the pagedeletethings you do not wantdownloadfiles or pictures from the InternetburnCDs or DVDsclosea file or documentsaveyour workshut downyour computercomputer problems:bug, virus, error, corrupted file/data, crash, wormcomputer➔ See alsocomputer

Definition of save from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within the topic COMPUTERS